9:00am Eucharist, II

      Canterbury Choir

      John Linker, Organist/Choirmaster

            Jan Nieland / Meditation

            Daley / King of Glory, King of Peace

            J.S. Bach / In dir ist Freude (In thee is gladness), BWV 615

            Hymns

            450*                   All hail the power of Jesus' Name!                   Coronation

            436* (st. 1)         Lift up your heads                                                      Truro

            LEVAS 96*       He is King of kings                              Spiritual, Arr. Boyer

            544*                   Jesus shall reign                                              Duke Street

11:15am Eucharist, II                      

      Treble Choir / Parish Choir

      John Linker, Organist/Choirmaster

            Jan Nieland / Meditation

            Grayston Ives / Missa Brevis (Gloria & Agnus)

            Stainer / Psalm 100

            Daley / King of Glory, King of Peace

            J.S. Bach / In dir ist Freude (In thee is gladness), BWV 615

            Hymns

            450*                   All hail the power of Jesus' Name!                   Coronation

            436* (st. 1)         Lift up your heads                                                      Truro

            544*                   Jesus shall reign                                              Duke Street

4:15pm Organ Recital

      Kevin Faulkner, Organ

            Jean Langlais / Trois po�mes �vang�liques

                        (L'annonciation, La Nativit�, Les Rameaux)

            Maurice Durufl� / Pr�lude et Fugue sur le nom d'Alain

            Charles Tournemire / Pi�ce Terminale, Fantaisie sur le "Te Deum"

                        et Guirlandes Alleluiatiques (Office 51 - 28^th Sunday after Pentecost)

5:00pm Eucharist, II

      John Linker, Organist

            Jan Nieland / Meditation

            J.S. Bach / In dir ist Freude (In thee is gladness), BWV 615

            Hymns

            544*                   Jesus shall reign                                              Duke Street

            436* (st. 1)         Lift up your heads                                                      Truro

            36*                     O gladsome Light                           Le Cantique de Sim�on

[* = Hymns chosen from the 2009 Hymn Survey]

At the 11:15am Eucharist the Choir offers up two movements of the Ordinary with a setting by contemporary English composer Grayston Ives (b. 1948) from his Missa Brevis (1987). Ives' choral music is characterized by fluid part writing while using fresh harmonies such as an abundance of major sevenths and other added chord tones. Ives grew up as a chorister at Ely Cathedral and from 1991-2009 was Informator Choristarum (Director of Music) at Magdalen College in Oxford.

The Anthem by Eleanor Daley is a setting of George Herbert's (an Anglican priest) glorious text, "King of Glory, King of Peace." The text was first published in 1633 and entitled "Praise." Though such verbal precision ("utmost art") may seem at odds with the homely image such as "the cream of all my heart," Herbert's achievement here is not consistency but comprehensiveness, resulting in an almost Romantic exuberance of feeling and a quite cerebral intensity of thought. A native of Ontario, Canada, Eleanor Daley (b. 1955) is director of music at Fairlawn Avenue United Church, Toronto, Ontario.

The Closing Voluntary, In dir ist Freude, comes from J.S. Bach's Orgelb�chlein(Little Organ Book), which he started compiling around 1714. As Bach did with so many other forms, he elevated the short organ chorale to a level of excellence never previously achieved.

After the First World War, France lay in ruins. A large portion of men died as a result of the war and another large group of men had been wounded significantly (les mutil�s). French culture was at a crossroads and many of the leading figures, both artistic and intellectual, were struggling to find a new direction. In his monumental book "Jazz Age Catholicism", Stephen Schloesser notes that out of the ruins of World War I, there was born a renaissance of the French Catholic Church. This is especially fascinating given that just 20 years earlier, the State essentially banished the Church and Catholic clergy and monks were exiled out of the country. This "renouveau catholique" (Catholic renewal) had a direct effect on the church's liturgy and music. Gregorian chant, long a tradition in France and developed by the monks of Solesmes, found a new energy and became the source for composition and improvisation by many French organists. Today's program reflects three composers who found their voice in the "Catholic renaissance." All three used Gregorian chant as a source for composition and in the case of Charles Tournemire, used the simple lines of chant to create a monumental opus to this time period and a guide for future Catholic organists for liturgical organ playing

Trois Po�mes �vang�liques d'apr�s les textes sacr�s

Jean Langlais (1907-1991)

(Three Evangelical Poems after sacred texts)

These three pieces constitute a collection based on Gospel texts. They are also vignettes of the scenes named in the title of the piece. Early in Langlais' output, they are picturesque and decidedly accessible pieces. Below each title is the vignettes described in the music.

L'Annonciation (The Annunciation)

Langlais describes the events in the Gospel of Luke as the angel visits the Blessed Virgin.

1) The Angel, 2) The Virgin, 3) The Heart of the Virgin, 4) The Virgin sings the Magnificat

La Nativit� (The Nativity)

1) The Cr�che, 2) The Angels, 3) The Shepherds, 4) The Holy Family

Les Rameaux (The Palms)

The Entry of Jesus into Jerusalem

(Included in this piece in the pedal is the Gregorian hymn "Hosanna Filio David (Hosanna to the Son of David.)

Pr�lude et Fugue sur le nom d'Alain

Maurice Durufl� (1902-1986)

Prelude and Fugue on the name of Alain

Durufl�'s friend and composer Jehan Alain was killed in the Second War in 1940. This piece is a "hommage" to his memory and was composed in 1942. Two themes emerge in the prelude. One is the spelling of Alain's name (the notes A D A A F) and the other is a quotation of Alain's organ work "Litanies." The prelude is an exquisite arabesque and contains a wonderfully structured sense of direction.

The fugue is a double fugue and uses as its first subject the theme of Alain's name. The first theme is then juxtaposed against a running figure that combines to make a thrilling and poignant ending, full of emotion and grandeur. This piece is one of the most played in Durufl�'s output and is considered to be one of the finer organ works of the 20^th century.

L'Orgue Mystique (The Mystical Organ)

Charles Tournemire (1870-1939)

Office no. 51 for the 23^rd Sunday after Pentecost

5. Fantaisie sur le "Te Deum" et Guirlandes Alleluiatiques

     (Fantasy on the hymn 'Te Deum Laudamus' and Alleluias)

Charles Tournemire, the enigmatic composer and organist wrote between 1927 and 1932 the magnificent set of pieces entitled "The Mystical Organ." Grouped into 51 suites for the Sundays of the year, the 255 pieces are based on the proper Gregorian chants for the Sunday. This piece, the last piece in the last Sunday of the Church year, is based on the Gregorian hymn "Te Deum Laudamus" which translated means "We praise you O God." It is a commentary on two matters. First, it is a celebration of the end of the Church year and second, a commentary that Tournemire wrote for himself as a celebration of the finishing of his magnum opus.

The recitalist today has a special affinity for Tournemire as he is presently working on an English biography of the composer. Also, please note that Tournemire taught both Langlais and Durufl� and that Langlais was the successor to Tournemire as the organist at the Basilica of Ste. Clotilde in Paris.

� la m�moire de Robert S. Lord (1930-2014)